Background
Landon, Michael de Laval was born on October 8, 1935 in St. John, New Brunswick, Canada. Arrived in the United States, 1960. Son of Arthur Henry Whittington and Elizabeth Worthington (Fair) Landon.
Landon, Michael de Laval was born on October 8, 1935 in St. John, New Brunswick, Canada. Arrived in the United States, 1960. Son of Arthur Henry Whittington and Elizabeth Worthington (Fair) Landon.
Bachelor, Oxford (England) University, 1958; Master of Arts, Oxford (England) University, 1961; Master of Arts, University of Wisconsin, 1962; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, 1966.
Assistant master, Manor House School, Horsham, England, 1957; assistant master, Dalhousie School, Ladybank, Scotland, 1958; assistant master, Lakefield (Ontario) College School, 1958-1960; assistant professor of history, U. Mississippi, Oxford, 1964-1967; associate professor, U. Mississippi, Oxford, 1967-1972; professor, U. Mississippi, Oxford, since 1972; acting director libraries, U. Mississippi, Oxford, 1986-1987; acting chair modern languages, U. Mississippi, Oxford, since 1996.
Commissioner City Housing Authority, Oxford, since 1983, chairman, since 1993. Lay Eucharistic minister Episcopal Church. Fellow Royal History Society (United Kingdom).
Member American Society for Legal History (secretary-treasurer 1988-1997), Phi Kappa Phi, Eta Sigma Phi, Phi Alpha Theta, Pi Delta Phi.
Married Doris Lee Clay, December 31, 1959 (divorced May 1980). Children: Clay de Laval, Letitia Elizabeth. Married Carole Marie Prather, February 28, 1981.